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CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 330,711. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.-

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LEONARD A. JOHNSON, or CANDOB, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 330,711., datedNovember 17, 1885.

Application filed July 31, 1885. Serial No. 173,152. (Model.)

. To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEONARD A. J oHNsoN, of Oandor, in the county ofTioga and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedOlothes-Drier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedclothes-drier, which is simple in construction, strong and durable, and

which can be folded very compactly.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, as will be fully set forth and described hereinafter, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures. Figure 1 is a front view of myimproved clothes-drier folded; Fig. 2, a cross-sectional elevation ofthe same folded. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional elevation of the sameadjusted for use. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the same adjustedfor use.

The frame of the clothes-drier is formed of the two side pieces, A,united by the end pieces, B. The back edges of the side pieces, A, areunited at the top and bottom by the boards 0, in the inner or adjacentedges of which the cross-pieces D are secured, which pieces D haveguide-slotsE divergingfrom the centers of the said cross-pieces D. Onthe outer surface of each end piece, B, a bar, F, is secured, on theedge of whichabar, G, is hinged, which is of such width that when it isswung down on the end piece its swinging edge projects beyond the edgeof said end pieces, as shown in Fig. 2. In jaws H, on the inner sides ofthe end pieces, the arms J are pivoted by pins K, firmly secured in theends of said arms. On the front edges of the end pieces, B, a series ofslats, L, are secured, between which slots M are formed, extending fromthe top to the bottom of the device. Each arm J is connected by a wire,N, with the swinging edge of the adjacent bar G, the wires N all beingof the same length. The armsJ are slightly shorter than the frame onwhich they are hung. On the swinging edge of the top bar, G, a latch, O,is pivoted, which has two notches, P and Q, short distances from eachother on the free end. Headed pins R R'project from one slat L near theupper end of said slat. V

The operation is as follows; The device is hung vertically on the wall,and when it is not in use the lower arms J are behind the slats L, andthe upper. arms J are folded upon the lower arms. The arms are held inplace by holding the upper bar, G, horizontal, as shown in Fig. 2, bypassing the pin B into the end notch Q of the brace 0. As long as theupper bar, G, is held horizontally the upper arms J can not be swungoutward, nor can the lower arms J, which are below them. When the holderis to be used, the brace O is disengaged from the pin R, and the upperarms J are swung up into the horizontal position, and the lower armsalso. The lower arms rest on the lower end of piece B, and the upperarms are held by the wires or rods N, which are held by the bar G,braced by the brace 0 from the pin R,which is in the notch P. The armswhen in a horizontal position diverge, as shown in Fig. 4, theguide-slotsE and the beveled edges of the slatsLcausing the said arms todiverge while being swung out.-

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In aclothes-drier, thecombination,with a frame, of arms pivoted in the same, a bar pivoted tothe frame at the pivoted ends of the arms, and of rods connecting thesaid bar and the arms, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a clOthesdrier, the combination,with a frame, of arms pivoted inthe same, a crossbar having diverging slots for guiding the arms, and ofa bar hinged on the end of the frame and connected by rods with thearms, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a clothes-drier, the combination,with a frame having slats securedon its front, of arms pivoted in the frame and adaptedto swing throughthe slots between the slats, and of locking-bars for holding the armswhen the same are swung out through the slots between the slats,substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a clothes-drier, the combination,with a frame, of the slats L, thearms J ,hung in the frame at the top and bottom, bars hinged on rodsconnecting the hinged bars and the arms, the ends of the frame, armspivoted at the ends a notched brace on one of the swinging bars, 10 ofthe frame, and rods connecting said arms and pins on the front of theframe, substanwith the hinged boards, substantially as heretially ashereinshown and described.

5 in shown and described. LEONARD A. JOHNSON.

5. In a c1othes-drier, the combination,with Witnesses:

a frame, of the arms J, pivoted in the same, J OHN R. GH'I'L'Ds Y, thebars G, hinged on the ends of the frame, JAMES D. BURNS.

